Yesterday I took the nightbus from Daramsala to Delhi. It was a 13 1/2 hrs ride which was again very exciting. I was expecting getting the last sleeper-seat in the night-sleeping-bus. Instead of this I got a cabine-seat. I thought, wonderful, sitting in front and I am having a good sleep.

There have been eight people in the driver-cabine, sitting next to each other and then sleeping cross over and under each other. It was very exciting, strange and a little bit narrow… The guy next to me had his head on my head, the guy in front of me had his head on my knees and the guy right to me had a nice rest on my shoulder. I had my legs under and over some others… And it worked perfectly…

The bus did not work so well and so we had to stop twice… The first time the gear was broken - they had to repair it in the middle of the night. After a couple of hours we had a flat tire, so the tire had to get changed… :)

At around 9 AM we arrived Delhi and then I did some sightseeing…

Anyway… I like such rides… Always an adventure :)

Spending one night in McLeod Ganj at Hotel Ashoka with a wonderful view to the Manimahesh Kailash (5.656 m) mountain for 350 RS/Night.

Slept well and got up at 8, having a breakfast at a Tibetan restaurant - some mixed fruit chocolate pancake. Tasting very good.

McLeod Ganj is a very small but very touristy place. You get here everything, starting from Red Bull to Ritter Sport and other kinds of goods. I did not expected it here. McLeod Ganj is placed in a valley between the mountains. As I have heared, this is not the very best place, as the earth is shaking quite often here.

I visited gompas and temples, the government of Dalailama and his homeplace. It was interesting seeing the praywheels, seeing some Tibetan signs, fighting for independence. It is very interesting getting in contact with this religion.

In the afternoon I had a coffee and an applecake and looking forward meeting Mehmet at 5.30 PM for having some dinner. Then we are going to split and continuing our journey in different ways. Thanks a lot Mehmet, it was very nice travelling with you. Good luck :)

Left Chamba at 8 AM and took a directly bus to Daramsala for 140 Rs. It was a normal bus and a very shaky drive. Had a window-seat and good view to areas around. Passed Dalhousie and Nurpi, saw a lot of monkeys all around.

Daramsala is the place of the Tibetan exil-government and the Dalai Lama is living here (Gangchen Kyichong). The place I am staying is McLeod Ganj (Tibetan Ashoka Hotel) and it is the most touristy place I have been in India until now. Tomorrow I am going to check the Tibetan sights.

New route: Daramsala - Delhi - Varanasi - Kolkata - Darjeeling - Kathmandu - Delhi

My plans are leaving Daramsala tomorrow night, taking the nightbus to Dehli. Spending the day in Dehli and visiting Jama Masjid and some Bazars to leave Dehli to Varanasi at 6.30 PM by night-train. I am looking forward very much to Varanasi and same to Kolkata. This is going to be very interesting and more different…